That's not so at all. While you might think, "Hey, it's easy to get a job at McD's, they'll hire anyone," this conception is false. They won't hire anyone, and it's not easy to get a job there; they'll hire anyone that won't threaten their management position (middle management or otherwise), and they won't hire anyone that is overly qualified for a position for that same reason. (In many instances.)
Partially. Also in part was my failure to communicate properly.
I meant that stable releases aren't rushed. It is indeed true that 'non-stable' releases are 'released early, released often'. It assists in the development process.
Let's hope that any aliens that encounter the DNA don't take this as a hostile attack of some type of biological plague. I tell ya, some people out there... I'd want their DNA destroyed. Some humans just simply should not be allowed to propigate.
Blaming the problem on DLLs - dynamically linked libraries - is not the problem with DLLs in Windows. The problem is, as already stated, is that DLLs are plagued by the same sympoms as the rest of windows - over stressed programmers, poor/no documentation, and sometimes, just plain ol' poor programming.
Contrast this to linux 'dynamically linked' libraries that are generally developed at a leasurely rate - or even at an excelerated rate. However, the difference is, these libraries are not rushed out 'into the wild' - they're kept in development or even CVS until they're deemed stable enough for the rabid, er, using public.:)
As far as the stability of Windows iself is concerned (from my perspective): it can be anywhere from pretty darn good (5+ days uptime on a win98 gaming/programming/multimedia box w/o any glitches) to really freaking bad (4 or so reboots a day). All in all, I'd say the main determinant I've seen in saying to which extreme a system will go is the quality of the hardware and drivers for that hardware (as well as the presense (or lack there of) of shizzy VB programs and their inbred next-of-kin). My Duron 700 system with a GeForce 2 MX and 256 megs of PC133 Micron memory (to name a few of the components) has some quite surprising uptimes - all I do is use the latest Detonator, 4-in-1, and various other drivers (or older ones that run well/stable). On the other hand, I've had systems in my possession with fairly 'generic' components in them, and their performance is really bad. The video card (being that Windows video functions are in the kernel) and the quality of the system memory seem to have the most to do with Windows stability, overall.
The idea is that the potential of a firearm can deter a potential offender. Which is more likely to be violated: a woman getting into a car with an American Rifle Association sticker on her window, or a woman getting into a car with a PETA sticker? (provided the violator saw the stickers, ) the PETA woman, of course. No manwants to risk having their pills shot off.
Not really. It is quite dangerous. You said so yourself:
Except for
airborne particles, asbestos is mostly not a
risk. Stabilize the asbestos somehow and there's
no problem.
However, your mistake happened when you said, "it's not hard to stabilize it," which is completely false.
Have you ever seen aspestos before? It looks like fiberglass insulation. Like such insulation, it deterorates with age. Thus, it becomes airborn. There is no way to 'stabalize' it without moisture, removal, and cleansing of the area.
As far as the dust is concerned, it doesn't just cause cancer. It can cause many other things. As fiberglass insulation, it can inflame skin, etc. However, it's a carcegenic. Like lead pipes or pain - dangerous to have around.
Know your facts before you post, please, Mr. Anon.
For crying out loud, that was humorous. People, learn to laugh at yourself. I mean, most of you already can, to some extent. That's why UF is so popular.
...one generally goes to Hell, just like every other heathen and sinner. That is how it is written in the Big Book of Holy Computing, Book 1, Chapter 3, Verse 4.
Besides the fact that parts of this review were so poorly written I had a hard time understanding what he was saying, this review was far superior to those of Jon Katz. I mean, really - Katz would have ripped the film up and down for being unscientific, foolish, immature, etc. I seriously doubt the film's intent was to be that type of movie. Mr. Taco there, he looked at it and said, "Entertaining film, worth your time, but could have been better." Honest, straightforward, and not a PITA.
I'd rather read Taco's reviews over Katz's. I try and avoid reading Katz's reviews if I haven't seen the movie yet, since they generally sour the experience for me - even if I enjoy the film. Bastard.
actually, I think he was trying to effect a semblance to the aura that is "Tron". I could be mistaken, however; it's been years since I've seen that film.
Take a look at my previous comment (by going to my user ID). If you need something more specific, mail me and I'll send you my X config file as soon as I get around to it. Things are hectic for me at this time in life.
I don't have an example to show you, but it's actually possible to change desktop size in the same manner. You just need to set the resolution to the same size as the desktop. Not sure of the specifics, but it's something like, for examble, "32bit" "1024x768" "1024x768". As long as the two resolutions are the same, you should be fine.
...getting hit by 5 rockets at close range with the ultra damage rune in UT, as opposed to getting hit with a Single Enforcer. Or maybe the Railgun with quad as opposed to the machine gun in Q3A. Ouch.
Personally, I'd not use this technology. I mean, really, even if it's not 'painful' it would fatigue bodily functions. Personally, I like being able to last as long as I can while fragging with my friends.
I mean, really, if you're going for as real an experience as possible, why not just skip the freaking games and go out in the back with a couple glocks and have at it. This is just silly.
Dude, this totally owns me! Lately I've just been too freaking lazy to mess with getting dualhead action working on my G400, since the monitors I have are quite tempermental, and I really don't want to do constant X restarting while trying to get something working sufficiently.
Contrary to what some people are saying, you can change resolutions on the fly. Just hit Alt-[+|-] and it will change amongst the resolutions you have set up. Quite simple. Just make sure you have the resolutions/depths set that you want when configuring.
I saw the news about Intel's 64 bit processor on CNN at 5am today, and it just now got put on slashdot. How ungeeky. Granted, CNN said that a 64 bit processor 'allows computers to process 64-bit lines of code twice as fast as a 32 bit processor', so I'm not terribly concerned about CNN taking over slashdot's territory.
still.... the chick could have said something like, 'a 64 bit processor allows for more efficient program opperation' or something. *shrug*
Besides the oft and wisely suggested 'exercise,' I'm going to recommend sleep.
Chances are, the hour put in on the computer/sitting are taken off of sleep hours before recreation hours - at least they are for me. (Heck, that's part of the recreation.) When we sit in a chair for X hours a day, immobile, our spine gets compounded and stiffened, which can cause pinched nerves, F'ed disks, etc.
From my experience, most geeks don't get enough sleep. Most/many probably already know this, but we shrink about 1 inch (depending on how long our spine is) throughout the day, and are tallest in the 'morning' (whenever we wake up) because out spine has decompressed throughout our period of sleep.
I don't know if it's scientifically proven or not, but here's my story. I did a little personal experiement to see if it would help my back pain, since the exercise alone really didn't help, but compounded *sic* the issue. (Due to an extra, deformed spinal link between my shoulder blades, most exercise tends to pinch nerves in a crippling, 'I can't breathe' type of way.) For me, getting as much sleep as I possibly could about once a week, plus sleeping - at a very mininum - 7 to 8 hours a night did the trick. Generally, things were only completely kosher with 9+ hours, and would hurt in the evening with anything less than 7.5.
I was able to do this experiment since *gasp* I'm a college student. *g*
Back stiffness can also be avoided if you take a break from the keyboard every half an hour or so and do a minimal amount of exercise - a couple jumping jacks, stretching, 10 pushups or so, some situps, etc.
Thus, why they haven't done anything. It's much more powerful to say you can do something, than to actually do it. Then you add in an element of unknowing.
Grades don't even show you that much. Grades simply show if someone can spit out information they've memorized. Staying focused and taking orders are related in that you have to be able to do them as well, but it's all about the memorization, mostly.
A couple of my friends and younger siblings just had this happen to them. It's quite hillarious in a sad sort of way from my standpoint, since I'm not in the situation, and even some of them treat it in a 'whatever' sort of fashion, since they've been repeatedly screwed by the system. (They're all still in high school, I just graduated.)
The surrounding situation is that the school uses Novell Netware for the school's network, and they don't have it locked down well at all. My friends were simply 'bypassing security' (as the school administartion put it) by making shortcuts on floppies at home to C:\ and bringing 'em to school so they could use the drive, and then putting them on their network shares for easy access - that type of thing. One or two of them also put some MP3's on their network drive so they could listen to them while they worked - perfectly legit. (The problem errupted when one idiot not associated to me shared their MP3 folder on the network, but that's another story for another day).
I got the lowdown from the system administrator, who is a typical linux hippie BOFH. He's essentially there for the paycheck, and doesn't care about the school's network since nothing important is on it. (That, and he wants kids to learn and experiement - thus, the lack of 'security') Basically, a stupid witch of a 'teacher' that baby sits the computer classes saw that a couple people were sharing files over the network - namely MP3's - and shat her pants, and went to yell at the sysadmin.
Bad goes to worse, and all of my friends that are still in HS (about 20 different ppl) and both my siblings, a brother and sister, are called to the office.
Everyone got their network access restricted (I think - I know that some of them did, at least), and the guys got the basic 'you are a thorn in the side of civilization' berating - even though they're not bad people - I don't think any one of them has a criminal record, most are good students, many are the 'good' kids, and all are outstanding human beings. They might have also gotten detention, I'm not sure.
On top of that, both the females (my sister and one of her friends) were told that the administartion wasn't 'too worried' about them, since the girls were not 'challenging the authority and rules' of the school - even though they'd done the exact same thing as the guys. I'm guessing the discrimination was due to the fact that the guys all generally dress 'punky' or 'gothic' and the like, while the chicks have more of a generic chick look to them - not 'preppy' but more current in style than the guys. That, and both the girls are very attractive. Given the male administration, I can draw several conclusions.
The truely hillarious thing about the whole situation is, the administration didn't have a clue what really happened. It turns out that pretty much every one of my friends has the netware admin passwords (4 admins), as well as having one or two backdoors to the bloody network. They could easily bring everything down and get even.
I think it's more along the lines of Katz getting so much contrary feedback due to his Mummy 2 review that he decided something along the lines of, "Huh, people don't like my negative, critical reviews. I'll review something positively," and, since he doesn't have any common sense or intelligence, he wasn't able to tell when the film was genuinely bad.
However, I've not yet seen the film, so I can't make a complete judgement on it. My assessment of the film, however, is that it will be another bomb. Might be entertaining, in it's own special way. *shrug*
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Contrast this to linux 'dynamically linked' libraries that are generally developed at a leasurely rate - or even at an excelerated rate. However, the difference is, these libraries are not rushed out 'into the wild' - they're kept in development or even CVS until they're deemed stable enough for the rabid, er, using public. :)
As far as the stability of Windows iself is concerned (from my perspective): it can be anywhere from pretty darn good (5+ days uptime on a win98 gaming/programming/multimedia box w/o any glitches) to really freaking bad (4 or so reboots a day). All in all, I'd say the main determinant I've seen in saying to which extreme a system will go is the quality of the hardware and drivers for that hardware (as well as the presense (or lack there of) of shizzy VB programs and their inbred next-of-kin). My Duron 700 system with a GeForce 2 MX and 256 megs of PC133 Micron memory (to name a few of the components) has some quite surprising uptimes - all I do is use the latest Detonator, 4-in-1, and various other drivers (or older ones that run well/stable). On the other hand, I've had systems in my possession with fairly 'generic' components in them, and their performance is really bad. The video card (being that Windows video functions are in the kernel) and the quality of the system memory seem to have the most to do with Windows stability, overall.
Whoa, quite a bit. :)
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The idea is that the potential of a firearm can deter a potential offender. Which is more likely to be violated: a woman getting into a car with an American Rifle Association sticker on her window, or a woman getting into a car with a PETA sticker? (provided the violator saw the stickers, ) the PETA woman, of course. No manwants to risk having their pills shot off.
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Shoo! Leave me alone! It's 5:12 in the morning, for crying out loud...
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Except for airborne particles, asbestos is mostly not a risk. Stabilize the asbestos somehow and there's no problem.
However, your mistake happened when you said, "it's not hard to stabilize it," which is completely false.
Have you ever seen aspestos before? It looks like fiberglass insulation. Like such insulation, it deterorates with age. Thus, it becomes airborn. There is no way to 'stabalize' it without moisture, removal, and cleansing of the area.
As far as the dust is concerned, it doesn't just cause cancer. It can cause many other things. As fiberglass insulation, it can inflame skin, etc. However, it's a carcegenic. Like lead pipes or pain - dangerous to have around.
Know your facts before you post, please, Mr. Anon.
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I'd rather read Taco's reviews over Katz's. I try and avoid reading Katz's reviews if I haven't seen the movie yet, since they generally sour the experience for me - even if I enjoy the film. Bastard.
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I don't have an example to show you, but it's actually possible to change desktop size in the same manner. You just need to set the resolution to the same size as the desktop. Not sure of the specifics, but it's something like, for examble, "32bit" "1024x768" "1024x768". As long as the two resolutions are the same, you should be fine.
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Personally, I'd not use this technology. I mean, really, even if it's not 'painful' it would fatigue bodily functions. Personally, I like being able to last as long as I can while fragging with my friends.
I mean, really, if you're going for as real an experience as possible, why not just skip the freaking games and go out in the back with a couple glocks and have at it. This is just silly.
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Rock on Matrox.
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People's lack of knowledge is disturbing.
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still.... the chick could have said something like, 'a 64 bit processor allows for more efficient program opperation' or something. *shrug*
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Chances are, the hour put in on the computer/sitting are taken off of sleep hours before recreation hours - at least they are for me. (Heck, that's part of the recreation.) When we sit in a chair for X hours a day, immobile, our spine gets compounded and stiffened, which can cause pinched nerves, F'ed disks, etc.
From my experience, most geeks don't get enough sleep. Most/many probably already know this, but we shrink about 1 inch (depending on how long our spine is) throughout the day, and are tallest in the 'morning' (whenever we wake up) because out spine has decompressed throughout our period of sleep.
I don't know if it's scientifically proven or not, but here's my story. I did a little personal experiement to see if it would help my back pain, since the exercise alone really didn't help, but compounded *sic* the issue. (Due to an extra, deformed spinal link between my shoulder blades, most exercise tends to pinch nerves in a crippling, 'I can't breathe' type of way.) For me, getting as much sleep as I possibly could about once a week, plus sleeping - at a very mininum - 7 to 8 hours a night did the trick. Generally, things were only completely kosher with 9+ hours, and would hurt in the evening with anything less than 7.5.
I was able to do this experiment since *gasp* I'm a college student. *g*
Back stiffness can also be avoided if you take a break from the keyboard every half an hour or so and do a minimal amount of exercise - a couple jumping jacks, stretching, 10 pushups or so, some situps, etc.
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The surrounding situation is that the school uses Novell Netware for the school's network, and they don't have it locked down well at all. My friends were simply 'bypassing security' (as the school administartion put it) by making shortcuts on floppies at home to C:\ and bringing 'em to school so they could use the drive, and then putting them on their network shares for easy access - that type of thing. One or two of them also put some MP3's on their network drive so they could listen to them while they worked - perfectly legit. (The problem errupted when one idiot not associated to me shared their MP3 folder on the network, but that's another story for another day).
I got the lowdown from the system administrator, who is a typical linux hippie BOFH. He's essentially there for the paycheck, and doesn't care about the school's network since nothing important is on it. (That, and he wants kids to learn and experiement - thus, the lack of 'security') Basically, a stupid witch of a 'teacher' that baby sits the computer classes saw that a couple people were sharing files over the network - namely MP3's - and shat her pants, and went to yell at the sysadmin.
Bad goes to worse, and all of my friends that are still in HS (about 20 different ppl) and both my siblings, a brother and sister, are called to the office.
Everyone got their network access restricted (I think - I know that some of them did, at least), and the guys got the basic 'you are a thorn in the side of civilization' berating - even though they're not bad people - I don't think any one of them has a criminal record, most are good students, many are the 'good' kids, and all are outstanding human beings. They might have also gotten detention, I'm not sure.
On top of that, both the females (my sister and one of her friends) were told that the administartion wasn't 'too worried' about them, since the girls were not 'challenging the authority and rules' of the school - even though they'd done the exact same thing as the guys. I'm guessing the discrimination was due to the fact that the guys all generally dress 'punky' or 'gothic' and the like, while the chicks have more of a generic chick look to them - not 'preppy' but more current in style than the guys. That, and both the girls are very attractive. Given the male administration, I can draw several conclusions.
The truely hillarious thing about the whole situation is, the administration didn't have a clue what really happened. It turns out that pretty much every one of my friends has the netware admin passwords (4 admins), as well as having one or two backdoors to the bloody network. They could easily bring everything down and get even.
But they haven't, and that's what's hillarious.
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However, I've not yet seen the film, so I can't make a complete judgement on it. My assessment of the film, however, is that it will be another bomb. Might be entertaining, in it's own special way. *shrug*
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